The West London Chorus welcomes new members!

The West London Chorus always welcomes new members to take part in our exciting and stimulating concerts and other events. Some experience of choral singing and sight reading is helpful, but not compulsory. There’s an informal audition for new members so our Musical Director, Hilary Campbell, can make sure you are placed in the appropriate section for your voice.

The choir usually rehearses on Tuesday evenings from 19.45 to 21.45 at St Michaels Church in Elmwood Rd, W4 3SZ. Potential new members are welcome to attend rehearsals as guests to get the feel of what singing with the choir will be like, and to help them decide if they want to join us.

Annual membership is £250 payable in October, though alternative arrangements can be made on request to the Treasurer. In addition to rehearsals and performances, membership also includes our annual party!

We also offer a limited number of vocal scholarships each year to nurture the skills and experience of talented singers between the ages of 18 and 30, and to help each of our vocal sections improve our singing!

For more details of our vocal scholarships, click here

A new choir member recently reported that “I have thoroughly enjoyed my first term and I really appreciate the high standards and high expectations of our musical director, Hilary. It has been an exciting and challenging term and I feel I have learned a lot. It has been a real privilege to sing with in this choir (and this comes from someone who used to sing with the Philharmonia Chorus).”

So if you are interested in joining us or coming to any of our rehearsals, or would like more information about scholarships, please use our Contact Us form.

Here’s an extract from the Sanctus from Bach’s B minor Mass from one of our earlier pre-lockdown concerts.

Coming events:

Saturday 5th July 2025
Summer Concert at St Stephens Church, Gloucester Road, London SW7 4RL
‘Over the Rainbow’
A summery selection of choral works and songs on the theme of ‘colour’, featuring The Rainbow – a new work by Bob Chilcott, which devotes a movement to each colour of the rainbow, with each assigned its own identity and framed as an element of the natural world.

Also included will be..
Orlando Gibbons The Silver Swan
Delibes Flower Duet
Roderick Williams O My Love is Like a Red Red Rose
Aaron Copeland The Golden Willow Tree
Benjamin Britten Old Abram Brown
Tom Fettke Black is the Color
Over the Rainbow arr. Mark Hayes

Recent events:

Saturday 5th April 2025 – Spring concert at St Michaels and All Angels, Bedford Park W4
Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle

Monday 16th December 2024 – Christmas Concert – St Nicholas Church, Chiswick
‘A Christmas Rose’
A seasonal concert by our newly created WLC Chorale with a selection of ‘Rose‘ based songs, such as
My Love is like a Red, Red Rose and many more.

‘Christmas by Candlelight’
An extra concert by our WLC Chorale – a small chamber choir of singers from the West London Chorus.

Saturday 2nd December 2023 – Winter Concert at St Michael & All Angels, W4
Two classics of the choral repertoire!
Bach’s Magnificat and Vivaldi’s Gloria

Saturday 1st July 2023 – Summer Concert at St Paul’s Grove Park
A ‘Coronation Celebration’ concert including:
Gloria – Rutter
Ecce Sacerdos Magnus – Bruckner
O Hearken Thou – Edward Elgar
I Was Glad – Parry

Saturday 1st April 2023 – Spring Concert at St Michael & All Angels, Bedford Park W4
Chichester Psalms – Leonard Bernstein
Five Hebrew Love Songs – Eric Whitacre
A Time for All Seasons – Cecilia McDowall

3rd December 2022 – Autumn concert – Mozart Requiem

2nd July 2022 – Summer concert – Handel Coronation Anthems

6th – 10th April – Performance Tour to Bruges, Ghent and Ypres

2nd April 2022 – Easter concert of sacred and uplifting 20th Century choral works

To find out more about any of these events use our Contact Us page.